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North American Shortwave Pirate / Outhouse Radio 6925U

« on: July 22, 2010, 0055 UTC »

I might be wrong on ID, but sounded like Outhouse Radio ID at 0051z.
7/22/10
6925.1 USB
0040-0051z: Booker T & MG's "Green Onions", Collective Soul "Listen", followed by what sounded like computer voice or distorted audio ID for Outhouse Radio.
0056z: Commodores "Brick House", interrupted partway through song.  Suddenly shifted to 6926.7?
0125z: Not sure if still Outhouse, heard what sounded like Hendrix "Three Little Bears", difficult to tune to pitch, seemed to be at different frequencies on both LSB and USB.

Good signal peaks, lots of choppy fades.  Odd condx this evening, very choppy propagation.

Also hearing some QRM above 6925, can't tell if pesques or another station.
Good signal peaks, lots of choppy fades.  Odd condx this evening, very choppy propagation.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6925.2-6926.7 USB

« on: July 21, 2010, 2337 UTC »

7/21/10
6925.2-6926.7 USB (seemed more like sudden shifts, not drifting)
2240-2330z: Sounded like bits from Piratesweek podcast, fellow with British accent talking about Ofcom and FM radio.  Ended with psychedelic sounding instrumental music.

No ID audible, lots of choppy fading and sudden shifts in frequency.

408

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ga-Ga 6925U

« on: July 20, 2010, 0208 UTC »

7/19/10
6925 USB
0202z: Song by Queen (can't recall title)
0208z: Radio Ga-Ga ID
0213z: Bowie "Fame"
0217z: John Lennon "Whatever Gets You Through The Night"
0221z: SSTV Scottie 1, Radio Ga-Ga ID and E=MC2, mostly obscured by heavy local static.

409

North American Shortwave Pirate / WLDJ 6925U

« on: July 20, 2010, 0103 UTC »

7/18/10
6925 USB (mebbe closer to 6924.9)
Since around 2300z, heard some Billy Joel tunes, Captain Walker ID for WLDJ.
0001z: Arlo Guthrie "City of New Orleans", Alan Parsons Project "Eye In The Sky", then off.

Good signal peaks and audio seems fine, lots of fades to barely audible.

Back after pause...
7/19/10
6925 USB
0145z: Bee Gees "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart ", Alley Scooper "Be My Lover", Beach Boys "Good Vibrations", Elton John "Tiny Dancer" (interrupted partway through).
0152z: WLDJ ID

410

North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6930U

« on: July 18, 2010, 0117 UTC »

7/17/10
6930 USB
2355z: Only caught a few minutes before wiped out by local RFI. Doobie Brothers "China Grove".

411

North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 6950 "Crush" theme

« on: July 16, 2010, 0415 UTC »

7/16/10
6950 approx
0402z: Immediately after Radio Ronin Shortwave sign-off, Wolverine sign-on with familiar Barenaked Ladies "Testing 1-2-3", some '40s crooner music.
0410z: Jennifer Paige "Crush"
0413z: "Crush On You" The Jets
0415z: Wolverine Radio ID
0415z: Dave Matthews Band "Crush"
0420z: REM "Orange Crush"
0427z: (per DB) Paramore "Crush Crush Crush" - heard of 'em, first time I've heard this
0435z: Garbage "#1 Crush"
0440z: Wolverine ID, SSTV Scottie 1, looks like a nice cold batch of Orange Crush.

SINPO=44233, best signal for awhile from Wolverine, S9 peaks to indoor antenna over S5-S7 static crashes.

Odd signal, same carrier on 6950.6 heard from Ronin, so at first Wolverine was audible on both AM and USB, but not LSB.  Then seemed to shift from 6950.6 to 6950.  Had to use DSP to null out carrier from 6950.6.  Not sure whether Wolverine was using AM, or just riding carrier.  Carrier dropped by 0410z.



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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ronin Shortwave 6950 AM

« on: July 16, 2010, 0332 UTC »

7/16/10
6950.5 AM (approx)
0328z: Just tuned in, heard Radio Ronin Shortwave ID, then Led Zep "Stairway to Heaven"
0336z: 3 Doors Down "Kryptonite"
0339z: ID w/ e-mail addy, Guns n' Roses "Sweet Child o' Mine"
0350z: Back after fade-out, "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window", sounds like Joe Cocker version
0400z: Beatles "Eleanor Rigby"
0401z: Radio Ronin Shortwave ID, e-mail addy and sign-off

SINPO=34232, fairly steady carrier, battling heavy QRN static crashes, minor pesque QRM on 6950U.

Overall best signal yet to my indoor antennas from Ronin.

413

North American Shortwave Pirate / "UNID Radio" 6925U

« on: July 15, 2010, 0443 UTC »

Literally... UNID Radio
7/15/10
6925 USB
0423z: SSTV with "UNID Radio" logo, electronic music
0434z: SSTV w/ UNID Radio logo
0435z: Electronic music

Good signal peaks, lots of fading.  First SSTV weak and noisy, second much clearer.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WLDJ 6925U

« on: July 15, 2010, 0306 UTC »

7/15/10
6925 USB (closer to 6924.9+ but stable)
0254z-0305z: Roger Waters "Radio Waves" from Radio K.A.O.S., Tom Petty "Last DJ", what sounded like live on mic ID, but faded so I couldn't copy what anncr was saying.
0310z: Sounded like another live-on-mic ID for WLDJ, possibly "taking requests", but too much noise and fading to copy clearly.
0326z: Op ID'd as Captain Walker for WLDJ, confirmed live on mic, after Eric Burdon and Animals "House of the Rising Sun"
0330z: Bowie "Starman"
0355z: Live Gregg Allman or Allman Bros "Melissa"
0357z: Captain Walker said he's about to shut down equipment, resolve internet connection problem.

Good show, great signal.

415

North American Shortwave Pirate / WEAK Radio 6925U

« on: July 14, 2010, 0431 UTC »

7/14/10
6925 USB
0430z: Jussst barely audible, distinctive WEAK Radio ID and Beatles "Paperback Writer"
0444z: Cream "Tales of Brave Ulysses", Deep Purple "Mah Wimminz Frum Tokyo", The Who "The Real Me", Ram Jam "Whoa-oh, Jack Benny, rambledam"
0510z: Some temporary audio glitch
0515z: Berlin "No More Words", Clash
0525z: Melanie!  I got your key, babes.
0540z: Faded during Pretenders "Middle of the Road", still occasionally audible during peaks.

(Gopher Stomp - Experimenting again with dreaded Fugloop MkII)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WLDJ 6925 USB

« on: July 14, 2010, 0026 UTC »

7/14/10
6925 USB (closer to 6924.9 but stable)
0010-0025z: Don McLean "American Pie", Doors "The End", WLDJ ID w/ Crystal.
SINPO=24432, not strong but fairly easy to copy over low noise.


0035z: Occasionally hitting S7 peaks over very low S7 noise during Pink Floyd "Pus and Phlegm".  Audio sounds very good.

417

North American Shortwave Pirate / WLDJ 6925 USB

« on: July 13, 2010, 0528 UTC »

7/13/10
6925 USB (maybe closer to 6924.9, but stable)
0340z: Heard a bit of "Dueling Banjos" and Tom Petty "Last DJ" before faded out.
0410z: Tubes "Talk To Ya Later"
0413z: ID, e-mail contact info
0414z: Van Morrison "Brown Eyed Girl"
0440z: Heard some Billy Joel, Badfinger and Crystal getting awfully bossy about sending reception reports.
0447z: Hollies "On A Carousel" (per my request, thanks!), then overlapped by CSN "Southern Cross"
Faded to inaudible after Cars "Moving In Stereo"

Fair peaks, lots of fades to inaudible. Audio sounds good during signal peaks.

418

Other / UNID carrier 6913

« on: July 12, 2010, 2330 UTC »

7/12/10
6913 kHz
Steady carrier since 2306z, doesn't seem to be a heterodyne from some other station.  Nothing audible.  In the clear because WYFR's Spanish language programming sked on 6915 was temporarily off air.
2320z: WYFR returned on 6915, wiped out 6913 altho' carrier still audible on 6913.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Northwoods Radio 6925U

« on: July 11, 2010, 0054 UTC »

7/11/10
6925 USB
0050z: Just now catching distinctive loon calls and Northwoods Radio "Broadcasting freedom from the Great Lakes" YL voice ID.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925U Ringo Starr songs

« on: July 08, 2010, 1220 UTC »

Presumed Radio Ga Ga with birthday greetings to Ringo, but voice and SSTV ID's buried in local noise.
7/8/10
6925 USB
1112z: Some version of "You're Sixteen", soundned kinda chipmunk voice, hard to tune to pitch
1115z: Ringo Starr "It Don't Come Easy"
1119z: Ringo "Photograph"
1126z: SSTV Scottie 1, no copy here. Red logo lettering resembles Radio Ga Ga but not sure.

SINPO=33322, fair peaks, lots of intermittent local RFI and rapid fluttering fades.